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UPS CEO: U.S. debt keeping economy from bouncing back
UPS Chairman and CEO Scott Davis this week called on leaders in Washington, D.C., to prepare a bipartisan debt reduction plan by January, saying the nation’s economy is being held back by its debt load and the uncertainty of fiscal policy. “It’s not too late to act,” asserted Davis, adding a debt reduction plan should […]
September 14, 2012
Business
HP Distribution ordered to shut down
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Friday, Sept. 14, announced that it has ordered commercial truck company HP Distribution and an affiliated company, HP Distribution LLC, to shut down following a review of the Kansas-based company’s operations that uncovered extensive drivers’ hours-of-service violations. The agency said its investigators discovered that HP Distribution knowingly permitted […]
September 14, 2012
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Southeastern opens new service center in Lafayette, La.
Southeastern Freight Lines, a provider of regional less-than-truckload transportation services, announced the opening of a service center in Lafayette, La., in response to growing business in the region and to improve service to current customers. The new facility at 1038 Walker Road has 28 doors and will provide improved morning delivery performance and decreased travel […]
September 14, 2012
Business
Pacer expands Yamaha business
Pacer Distribution Services on Friday, Sept. 14, announced that it has expanded its business with Yamaha Motor Corp. by signing a multiyear agreement to provide a range of transportation and distribution services to Yamaha’s Motorsports and Watercraft divisions. Vehicles manufactured by these divisions include Yamaha motorcycles, ATVs, Side-by-Sides and Waverunner personal watercraft products, along with […]
September 14, 2012
Business
Pilot Flying J makes executive appointments
Pilot Flying J has appointed Jimmy Haslam as chairman, Mark Hazelwood as president, John Compton as chief executive officer, and Ken Parent as executive vice president. Haslam, who announced the new roles via a letter to customers, said that during Hazelwood’s 27 years with Pilot Flying J, he has lead the company in the development […]
September 14, 2012
Business
Intersection 2012 draws large, diverse audience to Dallas
Intersection 2012 – which includes The Great American Trucking Show, Commercial Vehicle Outlook Conference and for the first time this year, the ProPickup Truck Expo and The Construction Symposium – drew qualified audiences from both the trucking and construction industries, according to Randall-Reilly Events. “We continue our focus on creating segment-specific events attracting new audiences […]
September 14, 2012
Business
Volvo’s 2012 Proven Tour hits the road
Volvo Trucks announced the launch of its Proven Tour, an interactive customer and dealer road tour showcasing the company’s efforts toward enhancing fuel efficiency, driver productivity, safety and vehicle uptime. The Proven Tour will stop at 27 Volvo Trucks dealers throughout the United States and Canada during the next four months, making its first stop […]
September 14, 2012
Business
Onewaytrailers.com creates CPCheck carrier monitoring service
Salt Lake City, Utah-based onewaytrailers.com will introduce a new carrier monitoring service – Carrier Performance Check (“CPCheck”) – to hundreds of brokerage users attending McLeod Software’s 2012 User Conference Sept. 16-18 in Birmingham, Ala. The monitoring service will compete directly with existing carrier monitoring providers by supplying an expanded set of Web and enterprise services […]
September 14, 2012
Business
Tutle & Tutle selects Spireon’s FleetLocate trailer tracking
Spireon Inc., a provider of mobile resource management and trailer-tracking solutions, announced Tutle & Tutle Trucking has selected its FleetLocate Trailer Tracking solution designed to allow fleets to capture and leverage business intelligence to save costs, improve customer service and make faster, more profitable business decisions. FleetLocate’s real-time trailer visibility is designed to enable fleets […]
September 14, 2012
Business
UniPro Foodservice touts Airclic proof-of-delivery system
Airclic, a global provider of cloud-based software for mobile supply chain and logistics operations, announced it has become an “Approved Service Provider” for UniPro Foodservice Inc., a U.S. foodservice distribution cooperative comprised of more than 650 member companies. Airclic was selected as an “Approved Service Provider” for its proof-of-delivery system, Food Perform. Through this partnership, […]
September 14, 2012
Business
Mack provides 12 Pinnacle tractors for TMC’s SuperTech competition
Recognizing the need to cultivate highly skilled truck technicians, Mack Trucks, in cooperation with two customers, provided 12 Mack Pinnacle DayCab models for the Technology and Maintenance Council National Technician Skills Competition – TMCSuperTech 2012. Christopher Barnett of Ryder Systems Inc. in Hebron, Ky., won the eighth annual competition, in which trucking technicians from the […]
September 14, 2012
Business
Monthly freight index up 0.1% in July, year-to-year up 1.9%
The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.1 percent in July from June, rising after a one-month decline, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ Freight Transportation Services Index released Thursday, Sept. 13. BTS, a part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, reported that the level […]
September 13, 2012
Business
CSA keeps missing the target, ATA tells House subcommittee
In testimony before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, the American Trucking Associations on Thursday, Sept. 13, again called for changes to make the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance Safety Accountability program better able to achieve its stated goals. “ATA has been supportive of the objective of CSA – to […]
September 13, 2012
Business
Sales of NG trucks, buses will surpass 180,000 by 2019, report says
As many governments and businesses seek ways to reduce the fuel costs and emissions of their fleets of trucks and buses, diesel and natural gas have become more appealing options , according to report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant’s Energy Practice, which forecasts steady growth for natural gas truck and bus sales. Annual […]
September 13, 2012
Business
Duke Energy takes delivery of historic Freightliner Truck
Freightliner Trucks on Wednesday, Sept. 13, celebrated the 500,000th vehicle produced at its plant in Mount Holly, N.C. The keys to the 500,000th truck – a Freightliner Business Class M2 106 with a utility body – were turned over to Duke Energy officials at a Town Hall meeting at the plant. The truck will join […]
September 13, 2012
Business
Technician shortage highlights TMC technical session
One of the trucking industry’s biggest problems – the technician shortage – was center stage Wednesday, Sept. 12, during the second technical session at TMC’s 2012 fall meeting in Pittsburgh. Moderated by David Foster of Southeastern Freight Lines, a six-team panel of technician educators, service managers and fleet maintenance managers gave their thoughts and advice […]
September 13, 2012
Business
U.S. Xpress names Neal VP/driver recruiting
U.S. Xpress Enterprises, a provider of transportation services throughout North America, announced that Latasha Neal has been named vice president of driver recruiting. Neal, who has nearly 20 years of experience in the trucking industry primarily in the areas of driver recruiting and driver retention, most recently served as director of recruiting and retention for […]
September 13, 2012
Business
Love’s opens new travel stop in South Hill, Va.
Love’s Travel Stops has opened a new travel stop in South Hill, Va., at Interstate 85, Exit 15. The company said it invested about $7.5 million in the new travel stop, which includes 100 truck parking spaces, two onsite restaurants and a Love’s Truck Tire Care center. Bulk diesel exhaust fluid is available, as well […]
September 13, 2012
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